IT FEELS as if every few years a new parenting style makes headlines, each with its own set of staunch supporters and stern critics. Tiger moms and helicopter parenting dominated for decades – but these days there’s a new style on many a millennial parents’ lips.
Gentle parenting is creating buzz among younger parents on social media. It’s gaining traction among moms and dads who want to raise their kids in a different way to the often-authoritarian way in which they were brought up.
Older generations – grandparents especially – may feel young parents are simply pandering to their kids and don’t want to discipline them. But gentle parenting isn’t about being lax with authority, those who practise it say. It’s presenting
